Haikus – Paradox and Courage
Fire licks the ice.The Zen master meets VoltaireOpposites Entwirl. Disguised is the threat.If we see not binding bonds,Though light, they hold fast.
Month: October 2006
Haikus – The frog
The Frog in waterWhich slowly started boiling.Will it jump or not? Time is mine to waste,To see the curtains flyingAll there is to it.
Just what the hell is going on here?
The concept of “Emotional Quotient (EQ)” as used nowadays, as a requisite for proper functioning in Society and the workplace, is a symptom of how man has been turned into a means for the very machines that he himself has built. The corporate psychologists say the sign of emotional maturity is that person is able … Read more
Haikus – What Love isn't
Love ain’t a potionto rescue you from the world.But to drown in it. Love can’t but be drawnfrom a well already full.The puppy gamboles.
Haikus – Evil and Choice
Life on the one handAll the dead on the otherWhich is real for you? The cold frost grudgingthe rosebud’s soft innocencewill choke and wither. As weeds throttle plants,the child, society moulds.Abomination.
The disease of Relativism
It has become increasingly difficult to hold decent constructive discussion with people. The reasons for this are many, but one particular reason irks me more than the others. Many people, in the middle of a discussion, will suddenly cut it short by saying, “Well it’s my point of view, and all points of view are … Read more
Scarcity and Abundance
There are two ways of looking at the world. One view is where everything is scarce. The other, where there is enough for everyone. In the scarce view, all resources have to be fought for, and fighting for these resources becomes the main focal point of a person having this view. He will go on … Read more
Haikus – Smooth Sailing
Solitary calmShe showers gentle SilverThe queen of the night. The world whizzing pastSilent buzz of the cycleTime is suspended
Haikus – Andromeda
Standing from afarPain will not be understood.I’m no statistic. Throes shine so strongly,that benevelonce shows not.But it’s who we are.
Authority and Power
A certain way of thinking prevails among a large number of us. I don’t know how many, but it is substantial. I will try to illustrate by means of an example. My colleague, in the newspaper business, tends to idealize, and submit emotionally to the two leading newspapers in the city. He talks of how … Read more